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. 2020 Mar 12;8:e8721. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8721

Table 2. Clinicopathologic characteristics of 55 cases with bladder cancer.

Variables Cases CXCL8 expression in tumor Number of cases (percentage) P
Low High
Total 55 18 37
Age 0.78
<65 29 9 (30%) 20 (70%)
≥65 26 9 (35%) 17 (65%)
Sex 0.31
Male 44 13 (30%) 31 (70%)
Female 11 5 (45%) 6 (55%)
Tumour size 0.41
Less than 3 cm 9 4 (44%) 5 (56%)
3 cm and more 46 14 (30%) 32 (70%)
Tumour stage 0.01*
<T2 13 9 (69%) 4 (31%)
≥T2 42 9 (21%) 33 (79%)
TumoUr grade 0.02*
Low grade 6 4 (65%) 2 (35%)
High grade 49 11 (22%) 36 (78%)
Lymph node metastasis 0.13
Negative 23 10 (44%) 13 (56%)
Positive 33 8 (25%) 25 (75%)
Vascular invasion 0.73
No 38 13 (42%) 25 (66%)
Yes 17 5 (29%) 12 (71%)
Distant metastasis 0.93
No 31 10 (33%) 21 (67%)
Yes 24 8 (31%) 16 (69%)

P value was analyzed by a chi-square test; * indicates P < 0.05 with statistical significance.